中非

Mandarin · pinyin Zhōng Fēi#

Meanings · Zhōng Fēi

  1. China-Africa
Mandarin · pinyin Zhōng fēi#

Meanings · Zhōng fēi

  1. Central Africa
  2. Central African Republic (abbr. for 中非共和國 Zhōng fēi Gòng hé guó)
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中
zhōng · central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
非
fēi · not, negative, non-; oppose; Kangxi radical 175
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zung1 fei1

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adj · Etymology 1

  1. Central African

name · Etymology 1

  1. (~共和國) Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)
  2. Central Africa (a core geographic region of Africa which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda, and often Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo)

adj · Etymology 2

  1. Sino-African

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中非 · Zhong1 Fei1 · Zhong1 fei1
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Exact source records中非 中非 [Zhong1 Fei1] /China-Africa/中非 中非 [Zhong1 fei1] /Central Africa/Central African Republic (abbr. for 中非共和國|中非共和国[Zhong1 fei1 Gong4 he2 guo2])/